Lost - Elizabeth Mitchell/Juliet Appreciation #7: "It`s very stressful being an Other." - Page 3

Pearllers · 03-11-2008, 06:48 PM

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Me too. I actually think that Sayid/Juliet would make a hot couple. Liz and Naveen definitely look great together.

I agree. They look really good together, especially Naveen in the suit. Very yummy. Plus, they have the whole 'I could kill you with my pinky' thing going for them.

Oh and I loved when they fromed the rescue party. One of my favorite moments.

**Crystaline** · 03-11-2008, 09:31 PM

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I agree. They look really good together, especially Naveen in the suit. Very yummy. Plus, they have the whole 'I could kill you with my pinky' thing going for them.

That is totally their appeal!

My sister kept asking, 'why are they on the cover together? Are they hooking up?'

We don't need any more new romances on this island. It's on overload as it is.

Pearllers · 03-11-2008, 10:09 PM

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We don't need any more new romances on this island. It's on overload as it is.

It's starting to reach absurd levels. I think we could play six degrees of separation on how everyone is romantically involved with one another.

Serene_Ray · 03-11-2008, 11:24 PM

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It's starting to reach absurd levels. I think we could play six degrees of separation on how everyone is romantically involved with one another.

Ha, that`s so true.

BiCaRdiBrEeZa · 03-12-2008, 06:46 PM

**Crystaline** · 03-12-2008, 08:53 PM

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It's starting to reach absurd levels. I think we could play six degrees of separation on how everyone is romantically involved with one another.

It's so true that it's sad.

I hope to never see Juliet damaged in the crossfire.

Pearllers · 03-12-2008, 10:06 PM

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It's so true that it's sad.

I hope to never see Juliet damaged in the crossfire.

That's what I'm worried about. Juliet can like Jack and I'm cool with that. Whatever Juliet wants, I want. However it's really hard to be pro-ship when the writers have everyone's interests changing every week like they're speed dating. It's getting kinda old.

Plus I don't really fancy seeing Juliet get all unhappy and sad due to yet another man. If that's the road they're going to take I'd rather they just not go down it at all.

Hamburgo1001 · 03-13-2008, 05:24 AM

Here's a new interview with Elizabeth:

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Lost's Juliet Kisses Jack and Tells

It was a genuine, tender moment that all but made up for the somewhat silly "Stop the nerve gas!" antics that preceded it. Lost's Juliet, haunted by Ben's obsession, shared a rain-soaked lip-lock with Jack.

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Luckily for "Jacket" fans, more of the same seems to be on the horizon.

Elizabeth Mitchell shares with us what's ahead, names the episode she deems "perfect" and talks about returning to work after the strike. (Lost airs Thursdays at 9 pm/ET on ABC.)

TVGuide.com: What was with that bait-and-switch you did for the TV Guide cover shoot? I saw you and Naveen [Andrews] and thought, "Oh, Sayid is going to pop up in Juliet's flashback or flash-forward" and... no such thing.
Elizabeth Mitchell: You know, it was more wishful thinking, wasn't it? I called it "a little fantasy episode."

TVGuide.com: It was a hot photo shoot, though.
Mitchell: It really was! Naveen and I have known each other for a long time, so we're comfortable together and we were able to play. It was very film noir-ish, and we both enjoyed that tremendously.

TVGuide.com: Let me pull out this quote you gave me a year and a half ago: "I don't know what kind of past Juliet and Ben have, but it definitely is complicated and intricate."
Mitchell: Yeah! [Laughs] I guess so!

TVGuide.com: And you were probably just pulling that out of your bum!
Mitchell: Well, I knew it was something really, really bad. But I didn't anticipate standing over the body of my dead lover with a stake sticking out of his heart, and having Ben claim responsibility. That wasn't in my imagination. I thought it was an interesting twist.

TVGuide.com: Can we talk about the ill-advised decision to engage in an extramarital affair on a small, isolated island? I mean, people are going to talk.
Mitchell: It's the same thing as, "You should never have an affair with anyone you work with," and of course that never happens. [Laughs]

TVGuide.com: I get this weird feeling that at the end of the day, it's going to come down to Juliet sacrificing herself to save Jack.
Mitchell: Well, I think that Juliet loves Jack. I've always said that. If she did do that... It certainly seems very likely to me, something along those lines. She's also tied up with [pregnant] Sun, so who knows, but it's a possibility. She's very rabid about the people she cares about. My mom said that this morning: "You know what I like about Juliet? I like that she likes the people she cares about so much." I said, "Well, that is lovely. It is good."

TVGuide.com: Let's talk about Juliet's kiss with Jack. Are we going to get any more of that?
Mitchell:

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I think we are, actually. I don't know when, but they're setting something up.

I knew that was coming because there was all this stuff with Jack and Kate. That's the fun for them, creating these "triangles." And when they went back into the Jack and Kate connection, I thought, "It seems like they're going to pump up the stuff between Jack and Juliet," and that's what happened. [Pauses] I was very happy that Jack kissed her. I thought that was a particularly good scene for Matthew [Fox], in that he came across as a very strong and very leading man. I really enjoyed how he played that. His whole face changed when she said that she cared about him, and I thought that was fascinating. I've always liked them together, but I also liked Jack and Kate together, in the first season. But in watching Jack and Juliet, I hate to say the word, but there's such a maturity to them in the way they complement each other. So we'll see where that goes.

TVGuide.com: Are you able to still watch the show as a fan?
Mitchell: Yeah, I am! It's kind of fun to watch it now. The making of the episode was such a struggle because there was so much emotion, that to sit back and watch it as a fan was much nicer. I didn't realize what a build there would be to the kiss. I didn't realize how we are so sucked into our romantic archetypes that when Jack steps forward and takes care of Juliet, something in me went, "Ohhh!" My sweet husband was in Washington, and he said he stood up and started clapping: "He did it! He did it!" [Laughs] He was really excited.

TVGuide.com: Lost really gives you two different kinds of episodes: the "real" episodes, like last night, and ones like the week before, which are a whole different kind of entertainment.
Mitchell: I have to say, that Desmond episode was as perfect an episode as you can get. I freakin' loved it. I don't think he had a bad moment as an actor, the writing was A-plus.... It was fantastic in every way. And the speed! It was like a roller-coaster. I felt like ours was more of a "Sit back and take a deep breath" episode.

TVGuide.com: Are you able to shed any light on what Juliet's therapist meant when she said, "Of course [Ben likes you]. You look just like her." There are theories that it's a childhood crush, or perhaps his late mother (glimpsed in the May 2007 episode "The Man Behind the Curtain").
Mitchell: No, I'm not [able to shed light]. It could be a love-of-his-life kind of thing, or it could be his mother. You never know with Ben. It could be someone we haven't even met yet. Luckily, this season we're going to get to know a lot more about Ben.

TVGuide.com: We actually did a reader poll at the start of the season, asking which character people want to learn more about. Ben and Juliet placed Nos. 1 and 2.
Mitchell: Oh, that's so nice. They created an amazing and complicated woman, and they made her very much a woman. I was very proud — proud is an odd word to use — but I was proud of the creation of her and the way they did it. It was very brave, I thought.

TVGuide.com: Is there a sort of "letdown" for a Lost actor after you get "your" episode for the season?
Mitchell: [Laughs] I'm so flipping hard on myself that for me it's a relief! Other people's episodes are a heck of a lot easier to watch. This is like pulling nails. I suppose there is [a letdown], but at the same time I'm a story dork. I'm a book reader, a comic-book reader, so I'm always interested in what happens next. I actually just got the script for [Episode] 409, and I was sitting here reading it just completely entranced, and it had very little to do with me. That's the kind of show it is. I was already a fan, so to be on the "inside" of it is kind of crazy.

TVGuide.com: Are you excited to be back at work?
Mitchell: Yeah.... Aren't you excited the strike's over?

TVGuide.com: Um, yeah!
Mitchell: It's nice, isn't it? It's exciting that people are watching Lost and getting intrigued with it. That makes me happy.

TVGuide.com: The TV Guide cover story featured "Burning Questions from the Cast Members." Did you have any that didn't make the cut?
Mitchell: I don't! Do you have any?

TVGuide.com: Well....
Mitchell: I'm always curious what people are curious about. Me, I'm just going to sit back and see what happens next!

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I have to admit every time I read a new interview, my girl crush on her is getting a little big bigger.

And we now have confirmation that Juliet loves Jack.

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Plus I don't really fancy seeing Juliet get all unhappy and sad due to yet another man. If that's the road they're going to take I'd rather they just not go down it at all.

I agree. I don't want to see her getting heart-broken again.

LostEvi · 03-13-2008, 08:30 AM

thanks for the article! i dont want juliet to get heart broken ~

Serene_Ray · 03-13-2008, 11:57 AM

Thanks for the article.

Pearllers · 03-13-2008, 02:01 PM

EM sure seems to be doing a lot of interviews lately. Which is great, because I just adore her in them.

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TVGuide.com: I get this weird feeling that at the end of the day, it's going to come down to Juliet sacrificing herself to save Jack.
Mitchell: Well, I think that Juliet loves Jack. I've always said that. If she did do that... It certainly seems very likely to me, something along those lines.

You know that's what I'm afraid is going to happen. I really, really, don't want it to happen, but that's where my own speculation is leading me. Plus, after TOW I got this gut feeling, if that's what you want to call it, that she was a goner. Last time I had that feeling about a character on a show it came to pass by seasons end. Ugh.

I'm being a downer aren't I? So on a happier note, I'm looking forward to tonights episode. Sounds like Juliet is going to have some decent screen time in it yay! Although in the promo it appears as though she gets smacked around again. Bad Sun!

Hamburgo1001 · 03-13-2008, 02:59 PM

I've thought for weeks that Juliet was going to sacrifice herself for Jack at some point so Elizabeth's speculation doesn't surprise me at all. Still, that doesn't mean that she's going to die. I mean, it could be that she sacrifices her own freedom and decides to stay with Ben on the island to save Jack's life. TPTB have said that from season 4 on, they only do flashbacks about things that are going to play a role in the bigger mythology of the show. That's why I doubt that they would set up this whole backstory about Ben's obsessiveness with Juliet only to resolve it 5 episodes later by killing her off. What's the point?

Pearllers · 03-13-2008, 04:02 PM

That's an excellent point. I certainly hope that's the case. But let me play the pessimist a bit longer and give you my negative spin.

I think Ben's 'Your Mine' has everything to do with why Juliet doesn't leave the island with him and the O6. The problem I have with Juliet sacrificing her freedom to stay on the island is what is the point of keeping Juliet there while Ben's off playing Dr. Doolittle? I totally see Ben saying if I can't have you, no one can to the extreme of her death. Mostly though, I don't think Jack would buy into Juliet just staying behind. He knows how much she wants off the island, and he would figure that her decision to stay would have something to do with Ben. I don't think he would accept that. I don't know what he could do about it, but he wouldn't agree to it I think.

Also in regards to Jack, I got the impression from TTLG that is 1-2 years before Jack decides he wants/needs to go back to the island. I'd like to think that if someone he cared about was stuck on island he would be a little more pro-active than that. Regardless of how people view Jack's feelings for Juliet, platonic/romantic, he cares about her a great deal. The way I've interpreted his character development, I just can't see him going about his life while he knows Ben has done something to keep Juliet there. Granted I don't know the circumstances behind him leaving and the cover-up, but I still think he'd be more upset or try something. Maybe because Juliet does sacrifice herself that's why he begins to drink. Or it could be the alcoholism that runs in the family. *shrugs*

I really think that Juliet has to betray Jack somehow or she dies. I guess my problem stems from what the hold up is in his decision to get back if Juliet and him parted on good terms and she's still alive.

I can think of a handful of reasons why I think Juliet will live. I suppose I'm in a 'Juliet is doomed' kind of a mood. I hope it changes soon.

Salu · 03-13-2008, 08:27 PM

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Regardless of how people view Jack's feelings for Juliet, platonic/romantic, he cares about her a great deal. The way I've interpreted his character development, I just can't see him going about his life while he knows Ben has done something to keep Juliet there. Granted I don't know the circumstances behind him leaving and the cover-up, but I still think he'd be more upset or try something.

I have the same train of thought. I mean like you said, Jack does care for Juliet, whether it be as a friend or more than that, but you'd think that he'd be a little bit more disheveled in his flash forward. We don't know the circumstances true, but even if Juliet did die, I'd say he's pretty quick to get over it. Maybe he doesn't know about her death then? Regardless, Jack's character has been developed as a person who feels moral obligation and responsibility towards those around him, especially those he cares about. We've seen him take the initiative to fix, to help, to comfort, something/someone so many times.. and when he fails.. he takes it pretty hard on himself. The future Jack just isn't reflecting that attitude towards me right now. But then again, there's also that theory that he's just playing along in attempt to conceal the identity of and protect the remaining people on the island.

The other theory about Juliet that I've read, is the betraying one. I could see it happening. It's the one that makes the most sense to me right now. Getting over someone that betrayed you imo, is easier than getting over someone that died. This may be the case for Jack.

Sorry, I think I'm also quite the pessimist but I just don't like getting my hopes up high. I've been disappointed way too many a times by so many of my shows =(.

On a brighter note, may I please join? I think Juliet's one of the strongest characters on the show.. if not the strongest female. I've taken quite a liking for EM as as well

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**Crystaline** · 03-13-2008, 08:39 PM

I think Juliet will sacrifice herself (meaning her freedom) for either Jack or Sun. That scene in tonight's ep kinda confirmed it for me. She's really invested in Sun's pregnancy. As for Jack...all the obvious reasons apply. Interestingly, although she cares deeply for him, I never considered it might be love just yet.